St. Patrick's Day: Discover our Celtic musicians

By The Gigstarter Team on 02-03-2021 |

St. Patrick's Day is the national holiday of Ireland that is celebrated worldwide on the 17th of March. Even though, the celebrations would be definitely singular this year, the Gigstarter Team would like to make you discover this musical genre and a few musicians on the platform!

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Back to the 1600's

Originally, Celtic music comes from the countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We can describe it as a kind of folk music with a special melody, rhythm and lyrics. Have you already heard about Irish bands such as the The Dubliners or Clannad? They became famous back in the 1970s and helped to give a worldwide exposure to Celtic music throughout the years. You can also recognize instruments used like violin, lute, flute, bagpipe, harp and several other commonly heard instruments.

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The Wild Murphys

The Wild Murphys are a very lively Irish covers band based in the north east of England. Over the last 15 years Middi and his group of raggle taggle misfits have unquestionably become one of the most popular Irish music tribute groups in the UK. Despite none of the members of the group being from Ireland, The Wild Murphys are definitely now considered as a tribute Irish act. If you would like to enjoy a concert from The Wild Murphys, they release a live performance at 8am on the 17th March 2021, on St. Patricks day. For more information, click here


The Wild Murphys - Dublin in the rare auld times

Robert Ferguson

Bob Ferguson known as Robert Ferguson can perform not only traditional Sottish and Irish songs but also his own songs. In the last year, Bob has written many new songs and indeed is still active in writing. Check out his performance below!


Molly Malone - Cockles and Mussles by Bob Ferguson live at Skagen festival 2017

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